McVay is great. The Rams are fun (and good) in large part because they've really nailed their offensive picks. Completely reasonable example to shit on the current state of the Pats with and no disagreement that it's embarrassing the way many people on this board and throughout New England view any praise of someone else in the NFL as Patriots slander. I get that.
I don't get this part:
- "Go all-in for a year or two and take a year off from really trying to compete when the team makeup warrants it to re-set the cap etc
- Bill could have done this in 2020 with COVID having no impact on fans in the seats but he cobbled together a ridiculous offense based on Cam Newton who was not the future QB for the team because Bill will never give up on a season even if it's his best chance to build a future contender. He's going to be forced to do it this year when the roster is worse and it could take much longer to dig out."
1) Every QB in that draft is a bust except Lawrence. Would they be better off today had they picked higher and gotten one of the tackles, WRs, or Parsons that were taken between Lance and Mac? Yes. But if we're going to do the tank and start the rebuild thing, almost certainly a QB is the pick when you're picking in the range where first round QBs are available. Unfortunately, they all suck. Can you imagine this board if they had gone 3-13 in 2020 and we spent 2021 watching Wilson?!
2) Losing sucks. They're losing a lot now and barring a disastrous win this weekend should be granting the wishes of everyone (myself included) rooting for a high enough pick to truly start a rebuild with. Why do the Rams get credit for this, but when it happens here, it's an organizational failure?
I'm on team keep Bill here so I'm not unbiased, but we're at the point where anything - Patriots or rest of the NFL - can be twisted to be a point in favor of why the current situation is the worst ever or why Bill shouldn't go. Fun to argue about but no one's convincing anyone at this point.